ihm bru transitive verb to wet or saturate with a stain, esp. of blood. You have imbrued your hands in the blood of my countrymen.
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ululate
yu yu leIt intransitive verb 1. to howl or bay loudly, as a hound. 2. to utter hooting sounds. The crowd cheered and ululated as the player circled the bases to win…
pretense
pri tens [or] prih tens 1. an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. Her tearful apology was just a pretense since she actually felt no regret for what she had…
scintilla
sihn tI lə a tiny amount; trace. There was not a scintilla of truth in the rumor.
imbroglio
ihm brol yo a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. The proposed building of a mosque on Ground Zero caused an imbroglio. “The imbroglio of events…